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Professor Maureen Weston Quoted, "How Could the Buss Family Saga Surrounding the Lakers Sale Play Out?" -- New York Times

Professor Maureen A. Weston is quoted in "How Could the Buss Family Saga Surrounding the Lakers Sale Play Out? Legal Experts Weigh In" in the New York Times and The Athletic. The articles examine the pending sale of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, which is complicated by three competing agreements.

Excerpt from "How Could the Buss Family Saga Surrounding the Lakers Sale Play Out? Legal Experts Weigh In"

"If the trust dispute went to litigation, that could take years," said Maureen A. Weston, professor of law at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. "If it went to trial and there was testimony ... that's a year at that, that's two years. It could drag on. If there's an arbitration provision in there in the trust document ... that can be faster."